Rape involves sexual relations, or attempted sexual relations, between a person of the male sex and a minor of the female sex, perpetrated with mental or physical violence; Indecent assault involves physical contact, such as touching, and violence; The concept of non-violent indecent assault was introduced above all to protect vulnerable persons; In all cases of indecent assault, the sex of the perpetrator, like the absence of violence, is unimportant; An “indecent or unnatural act” is the homosexual act: when committed against a minor (a person under the age of 21 according to the Malagasy Criminal Code), it is punishable by six to seven months' imprisonment (art.
El "acto impúdico o contra natura" es el acto de homosexualidad cometido en la persona de un menor (de menos de 21 años según el Código Penal malgache), y está castigado con pena de seis meses a tres años de prisión (art.